Contingent beauty Contemporary art from Latin America
The contingencies of beauty : making sense of an eventual ensemble / Mari Carmen Ramírez<br>Historical contingency : geometric abstraction in contemporary Venezuelan art / Tahía Rivero<br>Mapping the traps of the visible : electronic images of Latin America / Gabriela Rangel<br>Tan...
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Museum of Fine Arts
Houston, Tex.
2016
New Haven Yale University Press |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The contingencies of beauty : making sense of an eventual ensemble / Mari Carmen Ramírez<br>Historical contingency : geometric abstraction in contemporary Venezuelan art / Tahía Rivero<br>Mapping the traps of the visible : electronic images of Latin America / Gabriela Rangel<br>Tania Bruguera : a collective act of public resistance / Daniela Wüstenberg<br>Johanna Calle : weaving narrative through line and letter / Rachel Mohl<br>Yoan Capote : grinding teeth for the revolution / Daniela Wüstenberg<br>María Fernanda Cardoso : an unnatural dance / Michael Wellen<br>Los Carpinteros : in this nervous work / Michael Wellen<br>José Gabriel Fernández : poetics of form / Tahía Rivero<br>Magdalena Fernández : the sound of a dot in the sky / Tahía Rivero<br>Victor Grippo : to leaden the rose / María C. Gaztambide<br>Carmela Gross : an uncanny presence / Beatriz R. Olivetti<br>Guillermo Kuitca : painting as [dis]located battlefield / Mari Carmen Ramírez<br>Grupo Mondongo : fluctuating image networks / Rachel Mohl<br>Óscar Muñoz : an anti-archival logic / María C. Gaztambide<br>Roberto Obregón : the world in the form of a flower / Tahía Rivero<br>Gabriel Orozco : a wicked game / Michael Wellen<br>José Alejandro Restrepo : the geography of a video installation / Michael Wellen<br>Miguel Ángel Ríos : Mecha / Osvaldo Sánchez<br>Miguel Ángel Rojas : reclaiming narratives / Beatriz R. Olivetti<br>Teresa Serrano : a terrible mise-en-scène / María C. Gaztambide<br>Regina Silveira : recodifying trace and space / Rachel Mohl<br>Javier Téllez : larger than life / Gabriela Rangel<br>Tunga : nested fantasies / Michael Wellen Artists included: Tania Bruguera, Johanna Calle, Yoan Capote, María Fernanda Cardoso, Los Carpinteros (Marco Catillo and Dagoberto Rodriguez), José Gabriel Fernández, Magdalena Fernández, Víctor Grippo, Carmela Gross, Guillermo Kuitca, Grupo Mondonga (Juliana Laffitte and Manuel Mendanha), Óscar Muñoz, Roberto Obregón, Gabriel Orozco, José Alejandro Restrepo, Miguel Ángel Rios, Miguel Ángel Rojas, Teresa Serrano, Regina Silveira, Javier Téllez, Tunga Exploring cutting-edge techniques and daring themes, many Latin American artists seamlessly intertwine aesthetic refinement with biting critiques of social and political issues. Contingent Beauty assembles major works by more than 20 such artists who have made significant contributions to the global art scene over the past 30 years. Encompassing a variety of media including painting, drawing, sculpture, and video the majority of these innovative works are culled from the holdings of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, which possesses an exceptional collection of contemporary Latin American art. These objects, while formally sophisticated and alluring, are not ends unto themselves but rather tools intended to heighten viewers awareness of critical factors that shape the lives of these artists, such as poverty, gender, political repression, the war on drugs, and globalization. In some instances, the beauty of these works is contingent upon cultural interpretation. Tensions between beauty and violence, seduction and repulsion, elegance and brutality contribute to the enduring impact of this art and provide a revelatory experience for readers. Exhibition: Museum of Fine Arts Houston, USA (Nov 22, 2015 - Feb 28, 2016 ) |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 240 Seiten 30 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780300214819 978-0-300-21481-9 |